Synodality for me, but not for D.C.: On the McElroy appointment
By Larry Chapp on Jan 16, 2025 07:17 pmOne of the primary problems with the implementation of a more “synodal” Church is that there seems to be a double standard in play. Rome speaks a good game about wanting to develop more “collaborative” [...]
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The Conversion of Death and the Lifegiving Power of Beauty
By Joseph Pearce on Jan 16, 2025 04:56 pmBack in 2017, before the covidious cloud descended like madness, the world might have seemed a saner and simpler place. It wasn’t. It was the same dark and dismal place it is today, a vale [...]
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In the face of tragedy, great faith and dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Kathy Schiffer on Jan 15, 2025 10:53 pmWe have been glued to the news this week, struck by the great tragedy that has unfolded in southern California. As we watched, powerful 70- to 100-mile-per-hour winds drove walls of flames down mountains and [...]
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Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi vows to end ‘weaponization’ against Catholics
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 15, 2025 05:15 pmFormer Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. attorney general in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.... [...]
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From Doubting Thomas to Doubting Peter?
By George Weigel on Jan 15, 2025 04:00 amRalph Fiennes is a remarkable actor. And if he wins an Academy Award for his brilliant performance in Conclave, this section of his masterfully delivered homily to the College of Cardinals, of which he plays the Dean, [...]
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Extra, extra! News and views for Wednesday, January 15, 2025
By CWR Staff on Jan 15, 2025 03:00 amWhere Is That Damning Dossier? – “This week, with the publication of his new book, Pope Francis has added one important link to the chain of evidence regarding the fight against Vatican corruption.” Confirmed: the [...]
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What way to a better world?
By James Kalb on Jan 14, 2025 11:33 pmIf we want our social and political efforts to be useful, their direction should depend on the way the world is going. But people aren’t good at reading the signs of the times. As Yogi [...]
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Italian bishop denies policy change on ordination of homosexuals
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 14, 2025 04:45 pmOrdinandi lie prostrate during the Litany of Saints during an ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sept. 29, 2016. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 14, 2025 / 17:45 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church in Italy generated fresh c... [...]
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Strengthen your prayer life with Pocket Guide to Prayer
By Susan Ciancio on Jan 14, 2025 02:51 pmThe book may be little, but its impact is profound. Pocket Guide to Prayer by Catholic husband-and-wife duo Dr. Edward and Beth Sri will transform not only the way you think about prayer but the way you [...]
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Knights of Columbus launch new Pilgrim Icon Program honoring the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 13, 2025 01:20 pmKnights of Columbus process with the new Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Pilgrim Icon during a Mass and Sacred Heart Holy Hour at St. Mary Church in New Haven, Connecticut, Jan. 3, 2025. / Credit: Paul Haring CNA Staff, Jan 13, 2025 / 12:20 pm... [...]
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SCOTUS to review whether Catholic Charities provides religion-based assistance in WI
By Charles J. Russo on Jan 13, 2025 04:00 amOn December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court accepted its first case involving religion in almost two years, Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission. At issue in Catholic Charities is “[w]hether a state violates the First [...]
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A Pillar of Salt for Our Age
By J. J. Ziegler on Jan 12, 2025 10:14 pmIn 1975, Father Richard Ginder, a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, published Binding with Briars. The book, though revolting at times, sheds more light on the clerical sexual abuse scandal than perhaps any other book [...]
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Exorcists: 9 practices to avoid when fighting the devil
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 12, 2025 06:00 amnull / Credit: Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 12, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The International Association of Exorcists has expressed concern over several erroneous practices, including those carried out by some priests, which ... [...]
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The Cardinal in DC, the Sister in Rome, and the Pope’s new law
By Christopher R. Altieri on Jan 11, 2025 08:27 pmTwo appointments made big news out of the Vatican this week, one to the leadership of the US capital see and the other to the top spot at the Vatican department tasked with overseeing religious [...]
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Imagine there’s no “Imagine”…
By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D. on Jan 11, 2025 05:25 pmBishop Robert Barron set off a tempest in a teapot with his rather innocuous observation about the propriety of singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at the National Cathedral. The bishop thought [...]
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“Why did Jesus insist on being baptized?”
By Carl E. Olson on Jan 11, 2025 04:00 amReadings: • Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 40:1-5, 9-11 • Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 or Ps 104:1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30 • Acts 10:34-38 or Or Ti 2:11-14; 3:4-7 • Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 If [...]
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‘He was a builder’: Cardinal George Pell remembered by biographer 2 years after death
By Catholic News Agency on Jan 10, 2025 03:20 pmTess Livingstone, authro of “George Cardinal Pell: Pax Invictis” (“Peace to the Unconquered”). / Credit: Courtesy of Carmel Communications and Ignatius Press Vatican City, Jan 10, 2025 / 14:20 pm (CNA). Cardinal George Pell, whose untimely deat... [...]
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Pro-life is as much about the end as the beginning
By Daniel B. Gallagher on Jan 10, 2025 03:04 pmThe death of Jimmy Carter, the approaching inauguration of Donald Trump, and the annual March for Life offer an opportunity to reflect on the pro-life movement’s past and future. By now, it is clear that [...]
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